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Definitions

• the excited state generated by an organic compound can be a singlet excited state or a triplet excited state, and luminescence from the singlet excited state is referred to as fluorescence, and luminescence from the triplet excited state is referred to as phosphorescence.
• fluorescence luminescence from the triplet excited state
• phosphorescence luminescence from the triplet excited state
• the power consumption is relatively low. From these advantages, light-emitting elements have attracted a lot of attentions as the elements for the next-generation flat panel displays. In particular, the light-emitting elements are expected to be applied to mobile devices and the like, taking advantage of the features of thinness, lightness in weight and the like. [0006]
• a film of the composite material disclosed in Reference 1 can be formed only by an evaporation method.
• metal oxides which can be deposited by an evaporation method, and thus, the room for choices of materials is extremely small.
• a film formation using an evaporation method has difficulty in treating with a larger substrate in a manufacturing process of elements, and disadvantage for industrialization (Reference 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-272860) .
• One feature of the present invention is a composite material including an organic compound and an inorganic compound, in which the organic compound is a high molecular compound having an arylamine skeleton, and whose absorption spectrum is different from those of the high molecular compound and the inorganic compound.
• One feature of the present invention is a composite material including an organic compound and an inorganic compound, in which the organic compound is a high molecular compound having an arylamine skeleton, and an absorption spectrum of the composite material has an absorption peak in a wavelength which cannot be seen in absorption spectra of either of the high molecular compound and the inorganic compound.
• One feature of the present invention is a composite material including an organic compound and an inorganic compound, in which the organic compound is a high molecular compound having an arylamine skeleton, and the inorganic compound is an oxide of a metal belonging to Group 5 to 7 in the periodic table. More preferably, the inorganic compound is vanadium oxide, molybdenum oxide, tungsten oxide, tantalum oxide, niobium oxide or rhenium oxide. [0017]
• such composite materials are formed by a wet method such as a sol-gel method, and thus, can easily treat with a larger substrate in a manufacturing process ; therefore, they are advantageous industrially. Further, they may be formed in combination with an evaporation method.
• a composite material of the present invention is a composite material having an excellent conductivity.
• a light-emitting element of the present invention includes a composite material obtained by combining an organic compound and an inorganic compound, and thus, the light-emitting element has excellent carrier injecting and transporting properties and excellent conductivity and can be driven at lower driving voltage.
• a light-emitting device and an electronic device having a light-emitting element of the present invention has a light-emitting element which can be driven at lower driving voltage, the light-emitting device and the electronic device need less power consumption.
• a light-emitting element of the present invention can be formed by a wet method, it can be applied for to the size increase of a substrate, and it is suitable for mass production and advantageous industrially.
• a novel material of the present invention is a novel material which can provide a composite material with an excellent conductivity. Further, a novel material of the present invention is a novel material which is superior in conductivity and which can provide a composite material which is advantageous industrially.
• FIG. 1 shows a light-emitting element of the present invention
• FIG. 2 shows a light-emitting element of the present invention
• FIGS. 3A to 3C each show a light-emitting element of the present invention
• FIGS. 4A to 4C each show a light-emitting element of the present invention
• FIG. 5 shows a light-emitting element of the present invention
• FIGS. 6A to 6C each show a light-emitting element of the present invention
• FIGS. 7A to 7C each show a light-emitting element of the present invention
• FIG. 8 shows a light-emitting device
• FIGS. 9A and 9B show a light-emitting device
• FIGS. 1OA to 1OE each show an electronic device
• FIG. 11 shows a light-emitting element of the present invention
• FIG. 12 is an NMP spectrum of 4- [N- (4-diphenylaminophenyl) -JV-phenyl]aminobenzaldehyde;
• FIG. 13 is an NMP spectrum of 4- [N- ( 4-diphenylaminophenyl) -iV-phenyl]aminostyrene;
• FIG. 14 is an NMR spectrum of poly ⁇ 4- [N- ( 4-diphenylaminophenyl) -iV-phenyl]aminostyrene ⁇ (PS tDPA);
• FIG. 15 is an NMP spectrum of 4- [N- (9-carbazol-3-yl) -JV-phenylamino]benzaldehyde;
• FIG. 16 is an NMR spectrum of 4- [N- ( 9-carbazol-3-yl) -N-phenylamino] styrene
• FIG. 17 is an NMR spectrum of poly ⁇ 4- [N- ( 9-carbazol-3-yl) -N-phenylamino] styrene ⁇ (PStPCA) ;
• FIG. 18 shows absorption spectra of PStDPA, a vanadium oxide, and a composite material including PStDPA and vanadium oxide;
• FIG. 19 shows current-voltage characteristics of a film made of a composite material of the present invention.
• FIG. 20 shows current-voltage characteristics of a film made of PStDPA alone
• FIG. 21 shows a comparison of current-voltage characteristics of a film made of PStDPA alone and a film made of a composite material
• FIG. 22 shows voltage-current density characteristics of a light-emitting element in Example 5 and a light-emitting element in a comparative example 2 ;
• FIG. 23 shows voltage-luminance characteristics of a light-emitting element in Example 5 and a light-emitting element in a comparative example 2;
• FIG. 24 shows luminance-current efficiency characteristics of a light-emitting element in Example 5 and a light-emitting element in a comparative example 2;
• FIG.25 shows absorption spectra of PStPCA and a composite material of the present invention including PStPCA and vanadium oxide ;
• FIG. 26 shows comparison of current-voltage characteristics of a film of a composite material including PStPCA and vanadium oxide, and a film of PStPCA alone
• FIG. 27 shows comparison of absorption characteristics of a film of a composite material including PStDPA and tantalum oxide, and a film of PStDPA alone;
• FIG. 28 shows an absorption spectrum of a composite material including PStPCA and tantalum oxide
• FIG. 29 shows an absorption spectrum of a composite material including PStDPA and molybdenum oxide
• FIG. 30 shows an absorption spectrum of a composite material including PStDPA and niobium oxide
• FIG. 31 shows voltage-current density of light-emitting elements in Examples 17 and 18 and a comparative example 4;
• FIG. 32 shows voltage-luminance of light-emitting elements in Examples 17 and 18 and a comparative example 4
• FIG. 33 shows luminance-current efficiency characteristics of light-emitting elements in Examples 17 and 18 and a comparative example 4;
• FIG S.34A and 34B are each a cross-section TEM photograph of a composite material including PStDPA and vanadium oxide.
• FIG S. 35A and 35B each show an evaporation apparatus.
• a pair of electrodes of a light-emitting element when a voltage is applied such that a potential of one electrode thereof is higher than that of the other electrode, light is emitted.
• one electrode having a higher potential is referred to as an electrode serving as an anode
• the other electrode having a lower potential is referred to as an electrode serving as a cathode.
• the present invention is a composite material including a high molecular compound having an arylamine skeleton and an inorganic compound.
• the high molecular compound to be used there is no limitation on the high molecular compound as long as it has an arylamine skeleton.
• a high molecular compound having a repetition unit represented by the general formula (1) is preferable. This is because the vinyl polymer represented by the general formula (1) has advantageous effects that it is easily melted in a solvent, and it can easily form a composite material.
• R 1 preferably represents hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cyano group, or an alkoxy group and R 2 is preferably a high molecular compound of a monovalent substituent having a triarylamine structure.
• monovalent substituent having a triarylamine structure 4-diphenylamino phenyl, 4- [N- (1-naphthyl) -N-phenylamino]phenyl,
• a high molecular compound having an arylamine skeleton forming a composite material of the present invention is a high molecular qompound having a repetition unit represented by the general formula ( 1 ) . [ 0032 ]
• R 1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cyano group, or an alkoxy group and R 2 is a substituent represented by the following formula (2).
• Ar 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms
• Ar 2 and Ar 3 are each a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms .
• a high molecular compound can be used favorably.
• the vinyl polymers represented by the general formula ( 1 ) have advantageous effects that they are easily melted in a solvent, and they can easily form a composite material.
• aryl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms for Ar 2 and Ar 3 phenyl, m-tolyl, p-tolyl, p-metoxyphenyl, 1-naphtyl, 4-metyl-l-naphtyl, 2-naphtyl, 4-biphenyl, 9-anthryl and the like as shown by the following formulas (2-5) to (2-12) can be given. Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to these examples.
• a high molecular compound having a repetition unit represented by the general formula ( 1 ) can be given as a high molecular compound having an arylamine skeleton forming a composite material of the present invention.
• R 1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cyano group, or an alkoxy group and R 2 is preferably a high molecular compound which is a substituent represented by the following formula ( 3 ) .
• Ar 1 to Ar 3 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms.
• Such vinyl polymer also has advantageous effects that it is easily melted in a solvent, and it can easily form a composite material.
• a high molecular compound having an arylamine skeleton forming a composite material of the present invention a high molecular compound having a repetition unit represented by the structural formula (4) can be used preferably.
• the present invention may be a composite material including an inorganic compound and a high molecular compound having a repetition unit represented by a structural formula (78) .
• the high molecular compound represented by the structural formula (78) has a high heat resistance property. a composite material which has a higher heat resistance property can be manufactured.
• Such high molecular compounds preferably have a number average molecular weight of 2000 to 500000, more preferably, a number average molecular weight of 10000 to 100000.
• such high molecular compounds each may have a branch and an end group thereof may be any group.
• the inorganic compound forming a composite material of the present invention is a metal oxide, and a metal oxide of metals belonging to Group 5 to 7 in the periodic table is preferable.
• the metal can employ a high oxidation number, and easily accepts electrons. Thus, such metal oxides are preferable.
• a composite material having a high conductivity can be formed by using a vanadium oxide , a molybdenum oxide , a tungsten oxide, a tantalum oxide, a niobium oxide, a rhenium oxide or the like. It should be noted that such oxides may include a hydroxy group.
• the absorption spectrum of a composite material of the present invention has a different form from absorption spectra of the inorganic compound and the high molecular compound forming the composite material. In other words, it has an unique absorption peak which cannot be seen in the absorption spectra of the high molecular compound and the inorganic compound.
• a composite material of the present invention having such characteristics is a material having high conductivity, hole injecting property and hole transporting property.
• the unique absorption peak of the composite material is considered absorption which emerges as a result of an interaction of the high molecular compound and the inorganic compound. It is anticipated that the conductivity, the hole injecting property and the hole transporting property are improved by the interaction . [0056]
• the inorganic compound is preferably dispersed in the high molecular compound as nanoparticles (nanocluster) .
• the grain diameter of the nanoparticles (nanocluster) is not limited, a diameter of 20 nm or less is preferable to obtain a large specific surface area.
• the grain diameter of the nanoparticles (nanocluster) is preferably 0.5 nm or more so as to have an active surface.
• more preferable grain diameter of the nanoparticles is 1 to 10 nm. It should be noted that in this specification, the line analysis of EDX (Energy Dispersive X-ray S pectroscopy) is conducted to obtain a grain diamter of nanoparticles from a half width of a peak.
• EDX Electronic Dispersive X-ray S pectroscopy
• a binder substance may also be included.
• the binder substance polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) , polycarbonate (PC) , a phenol resin and the like are given .
• Embodiment Mode 2 a film formation method of a composite material shown in Embodiment Mode 1 is described. [0059]
• a metal alkoxide is used as a component for forming an inorganic compound in a composite material.
• vanadium, molybdenum, tungsten, and tantalum are preferable as the inorganic compound.
• another metal alkoxide may be added in a case of using a composite oxide as the inorganic compound.
• an aluminum alkoxide such as aluminum triisopropoxide may additionally be added.
• a sol is prepared by adding water and a chelating agent such as ⁇ -diketon as a stabilizer, into a solution in which this metal alkoxide is dissolved in a proper solvent.
• a chelating agent such as ⁇ -diketon as a stabilizer
• the solvent for example, tetrahydrofuran (THF) , acetonitrile, dichloromethane , dichloroethane , toluene, xylene or a mixed solvent of these can be used, as well as lower alcohol such as methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, i-propanol, n-butanol, and sec-butanol.
• THF tetrahydrofuran
• acetonitrile acetonitrile
• dichloromethane dichloroethane
• toluene xylene
• xylene or a mixed solvent of these can be used, as well as lower alcohol
• ⁇ -diketones such as acetylacetone, ethyl acetoacetate, benzoylacetone are given, for example.
• the stabilizer is provided to prevent precipitation inside a sol; however, it is not necessarily provided.
• the amount of water to be added is preferably 2 or more and 6 or less equivalent weights with respect to a metal alkoxide, since the metal of the alkoxide generally has diatomic to hexatomic. However, water is not necessarily required, since water is used to control the progress of a reaction of the metal alkoxide.
• a solution of a high molecular compound is mixed with the prepared sol, and stirred to obtain a solution including the metal alkoxide and the high molecular compound.
• a composite material of the present invention can be formed as a film.
• a dip coating method, a spin coating method, a droplet-discharging method typified by an ink-jet method or the like can be adopted.
• the present invention is not limited to the methods .
• High molecular compounds described in Embodiment Mode 1 can be used for the high molecular compound.
• a binder substance may be added, in advance, to the solution, in a case of adding the binder substance.
• Substances described in Embodiment Mode 1 may be used as the binder substance.
• Embodiment Mode 3 describes a film formation method of a composite material of the present invention, which is different from the method of Embodiment Mode 2.
• a metal alkoxide is used as a component for forming an inorganic compound in a composite material. As described in
• Embodiment Mode 1 vanadium, molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, niobium, and rhenium are preferable as the inorganic compound.
• a first solution including a metal alkoxide and an organic compound is obtained by dissolving the metal alkoxide and the high molecular compound in a proper solvent , and stirring it .
• the solvent for example, tetrahydrofuran (THF), acetonitrile, dichloromethane , dichloroethane , or a mixed solvent of these can be used, as well as lower alcohol such as methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, i-propanol, n-butanol, and sec-butanol.
• THF tetrahydrofuran
• acetonitrile acetonitrile
• dichloromethane dichloroethane
• dichloroethane dichloroethane
• a mixed solvent of these as well as lower alcohol such as methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, i-propanol, n-butanol, and sec-butanol.
• the present invention is not limited to them.
• the high molecular compound high molecular compounds described in Embodiment Mode 1 are used.
• a composite material of the present invention is obtained.
• a dip coating method, a spin coating method, a droplet-discharging method typified by an ink-jet method or the like can be adopted.
• the present invention is not limited to the methods .
• a binder substance may be added in advance to the solution.
• the binder substance those described in Embodiment Mode 1 may be used.
• a stabilizer such as the ⁇ -diketone as described in Embodiment Mode 2 may be added into the solution including a metal alkoxide and an organic compound.
• a stabilizer By adding a stabilizer, multinuclear precipitation of a metal hydroxide due to moisture in the air or the like, can be suppressed.
• a stabilizer is not necessarily needed, if the manufacturing process is done in an environment whose moisture concentration is 10 ppm or less, like a gloved box in which the moisture concentration is extremely low, before being exposed to water vapor.
• Embodiment Mode 4 describes a film formation method of a composite material of the present invention, which is different from those of Embodiment Modes 2 and 3. [0073]
• an ammonia water solution is dropped into a water solution of acid salt including a metal to obtain multinuclear precipitation of a metal hydroxide.
• the metal for forming the inorganic compound vanadium, molybdenum, tungsten, and tantalum are preferable.
• another metal salt may additionally be added.
• aluminum salt such as aluminum chloride may additionally be added.
• a sol such as acetic acid is added into the obtained precipitation and refluxed, and it is deflocculated to obtain a sol.
• a solution of a high molecular compound (or a high molecular compound) is added into the obtained sol and was stirred.
• a first solution including the sol obtained by deflocculating a metal hydroxide, and the high molecular compound can be obtained.
• a composite material of the present invention can be formed as a film.
• a dip coating method, a spin coating method, a droplet-discharging method typified by an ink-jet method or the like can be adopted.
• the present invention is not limited to the methods . [0075]
• a binder substance may be added, in advance, to the solution, in a case of adding the binder substance.
• Substances described in Embodiment Mode 1 may be used as the binder substance.
• Embodiment Mode 5 A light-emitting element of the present invention is described.
• the light-emitting element of the present invention includes a layer including a light-emitting substance and a layer formed of a composite material between a pair of electrodes. It should be noted that the composite material refers to the material described in Embodiment Mode 1. [0077]
• FIG. 1 shows a structure of a light-emitting element of the present invention as one example.
• a light-emitting stacked body 103 is sandwiched between a first electrode 101 and a second electrode 102.
• the first electrode 101 serves as an anode
• the second electrode 102 serves as a cathode.
• the light-emitting stacked body 103 has a structure in which a first layer 111 and a second layer 112 are stacked.
• the first layer 111 has a function of transporting holes to the second layer 112 , and a layer made of a composite material of the present invention described in Embodiment Mode 1, which generates holes. Since the composite material of the present invention exhibits excellent hole injecting property and hole transporting property, driving voltage of the light-emitting element can be lowered. Since the first layer 111 including the composite material of the present invention is superior in hole transporting and injecting properties, it is preferably formed closer to the anode than a layer having a function of emitting light. In this embodiment mode, a case that the first layer 111 is provided to be in contact with the first electrode 101 serving as an anode is described. [0080]
• the above composite material exhibits high conductivity, and thus, the increase of driving voltage can be suppressed, even when the thickness becomes thicker. Therefore, without increasing the driving voltage, the first layer 111 can be made thicker, thus, short-circuiting of the element caused by dusts or the like can be prevented. [0082]
• the above composite material includes an inorganic compound, and thus, heat resistance of the light-emitting element can be enhanced. [ 0083 ]
• the first layer 111 may take form in a variety of states, such as a state in which the organic compound becomes a matrix and the inorganic compound is dispersed therein, a state in which the inorganic compound becomes a matrix and the organic compound is dispersed therein, or a state in which the organic compound and the inorganic compound are contained in nearly equal amounts and bound to each other.
• states such as a state in which the organic compound becomes a matrix and the inorganic compound is dispersed therein, a state in which the inorganic compound becomes a matrix and the organic compound is dispersed therein, or a state in which the organic compound and the inorganic compound are contained in nearly equal amounts and bound to each other.
• electron transfer is done between the high molecular compound and the inorganic compound, and thus, excellent hole injecting and transporting properties and high conductivity can be obtained.
• a material serving as a binder may also be added in order to enhance the film quality.
• a binder substance polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) , polycarbonate (PC) , a phenol resin and the like are given.
• the second layer 112 is a layer having a light-emitting function.
• the second layer 112 may have a single layer or a multilayer structure.
• functional layers such as an electron injecting layer, an electron transporting layer, a hole blocking layer, a hole transporting layer, and a hole injecting layer may be freely combined, in addition to the light-emitting layer.
• a known material can be used for the second layer 112, and a low molecular material and a high molecular material can be used.
• organic compound materials containing an inorganic compound as a part can be used. as well as materials made of only an organic compound. An advantageous effect that heat resistance is more enhanced, can be provided, since the second layer 112 also contains an inorganic compound.
• a known material can be used as a hole injecting material for forming a hole injecting layer.
• metal oxides such as vanadium oxide , molybdenum oxide , ruthenium oxide , and aluminum oxide are preferable.
• a porphyrin based compound is effective, phthalocyanine (H 2 -PC), copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) or the like can be used.
• a chemically doped conductive high molecular compound can be used, for example, polyethylene dioxythiophene (PEDOT) which is doped with polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSS) , or polyaniline (PAni) etc. , can be used.
• PEDOT polyethylene dioxythiophene
• PSS polystyrene sulfonic acid
• PAni polyaniline
• a known material can be used as a hole transporting material for forming a hole transporting layer .
• a hole transporting material for forming a hole transporting layer .
• an aromatic amine compound i.e. , a compound having a bond of benzene ring - nitrogen.
• a star burst aromatic amine compound such as 4, 4' -bis [N- (3-methylphenyl) -N-phenyl-amino ] -biphenyl (TPD); or derivatives thereof , e.g., 4 , 4 '-bis [N- (l-naphthyl)-N-phenyl-amino] -biphenyl (NPB); 4, 4 1 , 4"-tris(N,]V-diphenyl-amino)-triphenylamine (TDATA); 4, 4', 4"-tris [N- (3-methylphenyl) -N-phenyl-amino] -triphenylamine (MTDATA) can be given.
• the light-emitting layer contains a light-emitting substance.
• the light-emitting substance is herein a substance that has an excellent emission efficiency and can emit light with a desired wavelength.
• the light-emitting layer is not especially limited, the light-emitting layer is preferably a light-emitting layer in which a light-emitting substance is dispersed in a layer formed of a substance having a larger energy gap than that of the light-emitting substance. This layer can prevent light emitted from the light-emitting substance from quenching due to the concentration. Further, the energy gap indicates an energy gap between the LUMO level and the HOMO level. [0089]
• the light-emitting substance used for forming a light-emitting layer is not especially limited.
• a substance having an excellent emission efficiency that can emit light with a desired emission wavelength may be used.
• the following substances exhibiting emission spectrum with peaks at 600 to 680 nm can be employed: 4-dicyanomethylene-2-isopropyl-6- [2-(l, 1, 7, 7-tetramethyljul olidin-9-yl)ethenyl]-4H-pyran (DCJTI);
• DCJT 4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyl-6-[2-(l,l,7,7-tetramethy-9-ljul olidin-9-yl)ethenyl]-4H-pyran (DCJT);
• the following substances exhibiting emission spectrum with peaks at 420 to 500 nm can be employed: 9, 10-bis( 2-naphthyl) -tert-butylanthracene (t-BuDNA); 9,9'-bianthryl; 9 , 10-diphenylanthracene (DPA); 9, 10-bis ( 2-naphthyl) anthracene (DNA) ; bis(2-methyl-8-quinolinolato)-4-phenylphenolato-gallium (BGaq); bis ( 2-methyl-8-quinolinolato ) -4-phenylphenolato-aluminum (BAIq); and the like.
• the following phosphorescent substances can be used as light-emitting substances: bis [ 2- ( 3 , 5-bis ( trifluoromethyl)phenyl )pyridinato-N, C 2 ' ] irid ium(III)picolinate ( Ir(CF 3 ppy) 2 (pic) ) ; bis[2-(4,6-difluorophenyl)pyridinato-N, C 2 ' ] iridium( III ) acetylacetonate ( FIr( acac) ) ; bis [ 2- ( 4 , 6-difluorophenyl )pyridinato-N, C 2 ' ] iridium( III ) picolinate (F ⁇ r(pic)); tris( 2-phenylpyridinato-JV, C 2 ') iridium (Ir(ppy) 3 ); and the like. [0090]
• a substance used for dispersing a light-emitting substance is not especially limited.
• an anthracene derivative such as
• t-BuDNA 9,10-di(2-naphthyl)-2-tert-butylanthracene
• a carbazole derivative such as 4, 4'-bis(N-carbazolyl) biphenyl (CBP)
• CBP 4, 4'-bis(N-carbazolyl) biphenyl
• metal complex such as bis [ 2- ( 2-hydroxyphenyl)pyridinato ] zinc ( Znpp 2 ) ; and bis[2- (2-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazolato]zinc (ZnBOX); and the like can be used.
• a known material can be used as a material with an electron transporting property that is used for forming an electron transporting layer.
• a typical metal complex such as tris( 8-quinolinolato)aluminum (AIq 3 ); tris(4-methyl-8-quinolinolato)aluminum (Almq 3 ); bis (10-hydroxybenzo[h]-quinolinato)beryllium (BeBq 2 ) ; bis( 2-methyl-8-quinolinolato) - ( 4-hydroxy-biphenyl) -aluminum (BAIq) ; bis[2-(2-hydroxyphenyl) -benzoxazolato] zinc (Zn(BOX) 2 ); and bis [ 2- ( 2-hydroxyphenyl) -benzothiazolato] zinc (Zn(BTZ) 2 ) can be given.
• AIq 3 tris( 8-quinolinolato)aluminum
• Almq 3 tris(4-methyl-8-
• a hydrocarbon compound such as 9, 10-diphenylanthracene and 4,4'-bis(2,2-diphenylethenyl) biphenyl is preferably employed.
• a triazole derivative such as 3- ( 4-tert-butylphenyl ) -4- ( 4-ethylphenyl ) -5- ( 4-biphenyl ) -1 , 2 ,4-triazole; a phenanthroline derivative such as bathophenanthroline and bathocuproine may be used.
• a known material can be used as a material with an electron injecting property that is used for forming an electron injecting layer.
• alkali metal salt and alkaline earth metal salt such as calcium fluoride, lithium fluoride, lithium oxide and lithium chloride are preferable.
• a layer in which a donor compound such as lithium is added to a so-called electron transporting material such as tris( ⁇ -quinolinolato) aluminum (AIq 3 ) or bathocuproine (BCP), can be employed.
• AIq 3 tris( ⁇ -quinolinolato) aluminum
• BCP bathocuproine
• the first layer 111 serves as a hole injecting layer
• a hole injecting layer is not necessarily formed in the second layer 112 in this embodiment mode.
• a dopant that contributes to light emission is added only to the light-emitting layer and light emitted from the dopant is only observed.
• a dopant exhibiting different light emission may be added to, for example, an electron transporting layer or a hole transporting layer.
• FIGS. 3A to 3C and FIGS. 4A to 4C Schematic views of the variations are shown in FIGS. 3A to 3C and FIGS. 4A to 4C. Further, the reference numerals used in FIG. 1 are also used in FIGS. 3A to 3C and FIGS. 4A to 4C. Moreover, reference numeral 100 represents a substrate for supporting a light emitting element of the present invention.
• FIGS. 3A to 3C each show an example in which the first layer 111 and the second layer 112 included in the light-emitting stacked body 103 are stacked in this order over the substrate 100.
• the first electrode 101 when the first electrode 101 is formed using a material having a light transmitting property, light can be emitted through the substrate 100 as shown in FIG. 3A.
• the first electrode 101 when the first electrode 101 is formed using a material with a light-shielding property (in particular, light reflecting property) and the second electrode 102 is formed using a material having a light transmitting property, light can be emitted through the side opposite the substrate 100 as shown in FIG. 3B.
• FIGS. 4A to 4C each show an example in which the second layer 112 and the first layer 111 included in the light-emitting stacked body 103 are stacked in this order over the substrate 100.
• the first electrode 101 is formed using a material having a light-shielding property (in particular, light reflecting property) and the second electrode 102 is formed using a material having a light transmitting property, light can be emitted through the substrate 100 as shown in FIG. 4A.
• the first electrode 101 is formed using a material having a light transmitting property and the second electrode 102 is formed using a material having a light-shielding property (in particular, light reflecting property)
• light can be emitted through the side opposite the substrate 100 as shown inFIG.4B.
• the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 102 are both formed using a material having a light transmitting property, light can be emitted toward both the substrate 100 and the side opposite the substrate 100 as shown in FIG. 4C.
• the first layer 111 since the first layer 111 includes the composite material of the present invention described in Embodiment Mode 1 , the first layer 111 exhibits extremely excellent hole injecting and transporting properties. Therefore, the increase in driving voltage can be suppressed even when the thickness of the first layer 111 is increased. As a consequence, short-circuiting of the light emitting element can be prevented while suppressing the increase in driving voltage. Moreover, in order to improve the color purity by an optical design, the thickness of the first layer 111 can be freely set. [0099]
• the first layer 111 is formed of the composite material of the present invention described in Embodiment Mode 1.
• the first layer 111 can be formed with good throughput even when the substrate size becomes larger. It is advantageous for mass production. It is possible that the throughput can be increased dramatically as compared with when all layers are formed by an evaporation method, since the first layer 111 is formed using the composite material of the present invention described in Embodiment Mode 1 even if the second layer 112 is formed by an evaporation method.
• Embodiment Mode 6 describes a manufacturing method of a light-emitting element shown in Embodiment Mode 5.
• the first electrode 101 is formed first.
• the first electrode 101 can be formed using a known material by a known method. Specifically, indium tin oxide (ITO), indium tin oxide containing silicon (ITSO), indium oxide containing zinc oxide (IZO) , a metal compound such as titanium nitride, a metal such as Cr, W, Zn, Pt, Al or Ag, or an alloy containing the elements, and the like are preferable .
• ITO indium tin oxide
• ITSO indium tin oxide containing silicon
• IZO indium oxide containing zinc oxide
• a metal compound such as titanium nitride
• Cr Cr, W, Zn, Pt, Al or Ag
• an alloy containing the elements, and the like are preferable .
• the first layer 111 is formed.
• the first layer 111 can be formed by any method shown in Embodiment Modes 2 to 4.
• the methods shown in Embodiment Modes 2 to 4 are each a wet method, and thus the methods are suitable for mass-production achieved by increasing the substrate size.
• the second layer 112 is formed.
• the second layer 112 can be formed using a known material by a known method.
• all layers included in the light-emitting stacked body 103 can be formed by a wet method, and thus, a wet method can be correspond to the increase of substrate size and is suitable for mass production.
• a light-emitting substance such as poly (2, 5-dihexoxy-l , 4-phenylenevinylene) (MEH-PPV) can be formed by a wet method.
• the throughput can be increased dramatically as compared with when all layers are formed by an evaporation method, since the first layer 111 is formed using a composite material of the present invention described in Embodiment Mode 1 even if the second layer 112 is formed by an evaporation method.
• the second electrode 102 can be formed using a known material by a known method. Specifically, materials mentioned in the description of the first electrode 101 can be used, and one or both of the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 102 may have a light-transmitting property. [0106]
• a light-emitting element of the present invention can be manufactured. Since the manufacturing method of a light-emitting element of the present invention which is employed for forming the first layer 111 is a wet method, the method can respond to the increase in a substrate size and is suitable for mass production. In particular, when the second layer 112 is also formed by a wet method using a known polymer light-emitting material or the like, all layers included in the light-emitting stacked body 103 can be formed by a wet method. Thus, the present invention can easily respond to the increase in a substrate size, and is suitable for mass production.
• the throughput can be increased dramatically as compared with when all layers are formed by an evaporation method, since the first layer 111 is formed by a wet method using a composite material of the present invention even if another layer is formed by an evaporation method. It is advantageous for mass production achieved by increasing a substrate size.
• the light-emitting element may be formed by stacking layers from the second electrode 102 side.
• Embodiment Mode 7 describes a case that a layer containing a composite material is formed not to be in contact with an anode, between the anode and a light-emitting layer.
• FIG. 2 shows an example of a light-emitting element of the present invention.
• a light-emitting stacked body 303 is sandwiched between a first electrode 301 and a second electrode 302.
• the light-emitting stacked body 303 has a structure in which the first layer 311, the second layer 312 and the third layer 313 are stacked.
• the first electrode 301 serves as an anode and the second electrode 302 serves as a cathode .
• the first layer 311 has a function of injecting holes.
• a know material can be used for a hole injecting material for forming a hole injecting layer. Specifically, hole injecting materials described in Embodiment Mode 5 can be used. [0111]
• the second layer 312 is a layer including a composite material described in Embodiment Mode 1.
• the same structure as the first layer 111 shown in Embodiment Mode 5 can be applied to the second layer 312. [0112]
• the third layer 313 has a function of emitting light, and the same structure as the second layer 112 shown in Embodiment Mode 5 can be applied to the third layer 313. [0113]
• the second layer 312 is formed using a composite material of the present invention described in Embodiment Mode 1. Hence, the second layer 312 can be formed with good throughput regardless of the increase in a substrate size, and is suitable for mass production.
• Embodiment Mode 8 It is possible that the throughput can be increased dramatically as compared with when all layers are formed by an evaporation method, since the second layer 312 is formed using the composite material described in Embodiment Mode 1 even if another layer is formed by an evaporation method. Thus, it is advantageous for mass production achieved by increasing a substrate size. [0115] Embodiment Mode 8
• Embodiment Mode 8 describes a light-emitting element having a different structure from those described above, with reference to FIG. 5. [0116]
• FIG. 5 shows a structure of a light-emitting element of the present invention as one example.
• a light-emitting stacked body 203 is sandwiched between a first electrode 201 and a second electrode 202.
• the light-emitting stacked body 203 includes a structure in that a first layer 211, a second layer 212, a third layer 213 and a fourth layer 214 are stacked in this order.
• This embodiment mode describes a case that the first electrode 201 serves as an anode, and the second electrode 202 serves as a cathode.
• the light-emitting element of this embodiment mode is operated as follows .
• voltage is applied such that a potential of the first electrode 201 is higher than that of the second electrode 202
• holes are injected into the second electrode 202 from the fourth layer 214 while electrons are injected into the second layer 212 from the third layer 213.
• holes are injected into the first layer 211 from the first electrode 201, and holes are injected to the second layer 212 from the first layer 211.
• the holes injected from the first layer 211 and the electrons injected from the third layer 213 are recombined in the second layer 212, so that a light-emitting substance is excited.
• the excited light-emitting substance emits light when returning to a ground state from the excited state.
• the first electrode 201, the second electrode 202, the first layer 211 and the second layer 212 can have the same structures as the first electrode 101 , the second electrode 102 , the first layer 111 and the second layer 112 in Embodiment Mode 5, respectively.
• the first electrode can be formed using a known material
• the first layer 211 includes a composite material described in Embodiment Mode 1
• the second layer 212 has a function of emitting light.
• the third layer 213 includes a material having a donor level for generating electrons.
• a layer including an electron transporting substance and a substance showing an electron donating property to the substance is given.
• the electron transporting substance is a substance which has a property of transporting electrons rather than holes .
• the electron transporting substance is not especially limited, and for example ,
• the substance showing an electron donating property to the electron transporting substance is not especially limited, and for example, alkali metals such as lithium and cesium, alkaline earth metals such as magnesium and calcium, rare-earth metal such as erbium and ytterbium, and the like can be used. Further, a substance selected from alkali metal oxides or alkaline earth metal oxides, such as lithium oxides (Li 2 O), calcium oxides (CaO), sodium oxide (Na 2 O), potassium oxide (K 2 O) , and magnesium oxide (MgO) , may be used as the substance showing an electron donating property to an electron transporting substance.
• the second layer 312 may be a layer formed of an n-type semiconductor such as zinc oxide, zinc sulphide, zinc selenide, tin oxide or titanium oxide.
• the fourth layer 214 includes an organic compound and an inorganic compound showing an electron accepting property to the organic compound. Therefore, the inorganic compounds described in Embodiment Mode 1 can be used as the inorganic compound included in the fourth layer. However, the inorganic compound included in the fourth layer 214 may be the same as that included in the first layer 211, or different from that included in the first layer 211. [0121]
• the first layer 211 or the fourth layer 214 exhibits extremely excellent hole injecting and transporting properties . Therefore, the increase in driving voltage can be suppressed even when the thickness of the first layer 211 is increased.
• the opposite sides of the second layer 212 having a light-emitting function can be made extremely thicker. As a consequence, short-circuiting of the light emitting element can be prevented more efficiently.
• the thicknesses in the both sides of the second layer 212 can be freely set.
• the first electrode 201 or the second electrode 202 is formed by sputtering, damages to the second layer 212 including the light-emitting substance can be reduced. Further, by forming the first layer 211 and the fourth layer 214 using the same material, the layers formed with the same material are located at the opposite sides of the second layer 212. Thus, it can be expected that stress strain can be suppressed.
• the light-emitting element of this embodiment mode by changing the kind of the first electrode 201 or the second electrode 202, many variations for the light emitting element can be provided. Schematic views of the variations are shown in FIGS. 6A to 6C and FIGS. 7A to 7C. The reference numerals used in FIG. 5 are also used in FIGS. 6A to 6C and FIGS. 7A to 7C.
• Reference numeral 200 represents a substrate for supporting a light emitting element of the present invention.
• FIGS. 6A to 6C each show an example in which a light-emitting stacked body 203 includes a first layer 211, a second layer 212, a third layer 213, and a fourth layer 214, which are stacked in this order over the substrate 200.
• first electrode 201 is formed using a material with a light transmitting property
• second electrode 202 is formed using a material with a light-shielding property (in particular, light reflecting property)
• light can be emitted through the substrate 200 as shown in FIG. 6A.
• the first electrode 201 is formed using a material with a light-shielding property (in particular, light reflecting property) and the second electrode 202 is formed using a material with a light transmitting property
• light can be emitted through the side opposite the substrate 200 as shown in FIG. 6B.
• the first electrode 201 and the second electrode 202 are both formed using a material having a light transmitting property, light can be emitted through both the substrate 200 and the side opposite the substrate, as shown in FIG. 6C.
• FIGS. 7A to 7C each show an example in which a light-emitting stacked body 203 includes a fourth layer 214, a third layer 213, a second layer 212 and a first layer 1211, which are stacked in this order over the substrate 200.
• first electrode 201 is formed using a material with a light-shielding property (in particular, light reflecting property) and the second electrode 202 is formed using a substance with a light transmitting property
• light can be emitted through the substrate 200 as shown in FIG. 7A.
• the first electrode 201 is formed using a material with a light transmitting property and the second electrode 202 is formed using a material with a light-shielding property (in particular, light reflecting property)
• a material with a light-shielding property in particular, light reflecting property
• light can be emitted through the side opposite side the substrate 200 as shown in FIG. 7B.
• the first electrode 201 and the second electrode 202 are both formed using a material with a light transmitting property, light can be emitted through both the substrate 200 and the side opposite the substrate 200, as shown in FIG. 1C.
• the light-emitting element in this embodiment mode When the light-emitting element in this embodiment mode is formed, it can be formed in accordance with the method described in Embodiment Mode 6.
• the first electrode 201, the second electrode 202, the second layer 212 and the third layer 213 can be formed by a known method, and the first layer 211, and the fourth layer 214 each can be formed by appropriately adopting any one of the methods described in Embodiment Modes 2 to 4.
• the fourth layer 214 may be formed by another method, for example, an evaporation method.
• the first layer 211 may be formed by a known method such as an evaporation method. In addition, in the case of forming the fourth layer 214 by a wet method, the first layer 211 is not necessarily required. [0128] After forming the first electrode 201, the first layer 211, the second layer 212, the third layer 213, and the fourth layer 214 may be sequentially stacked, and then, the second electrode 202 may be formed. Alternatively, after forming the second electrode 202 first, the fourth layer 214, the third layer 213, the second layer 22, and the first layer 211 may be sequentially formed, and then, the first electrode may be formed. [0129]
• the first layer 211 includes a material having a donor level for generating electrons
• the third layer 213 includes an organic compound and an inorganic compound showing an electron accepting property to the organic compound
• the fourth layer 214 includes a material having a donor level for generating electrons .
• the third layer 213 includes an organic compound and an inorganic compound showing an electron accepting property to the organic compound, it has an excellent hole transporting property. Therefore, the driving voltage of the light-emitting element can be reduced.
• the thickness of the third layer 213 can be freely set, for the sake of enhancement in color purity by an optical design. [0130]
• the first layer 211 and the fourth layer 214 are formed using composite materials of the present invention described in Embodiment Mode 1.
• the first layer 211 and the fourth layer 214 can be formed with good throughput regardless of the increase in a substrate size, and is suitable for mass production. It is possible that the throughput can be increased dramatically as compared with when all layers are formed by an evaporation method, since the first layer 211 and the fourth layer 214 are formed using a composite material of the present invention described in Embodiment Mode 1 even if another layer is formed by an evaporation method. It is advantageous for mass production achieved by increasing the substrate size.
• Embodiment Mode 9 describes a structure of a light-emitting element in which a layer made from a composite material is sandwiched between a plurality of layers having light-emitting functions.
• FIG. 11 shows a structure of a light-emitting element of the present invention as one example.
• a light-emitting stacked body 403 is sandwiched between a first electrode 401 and a second electrode 402.
• the light-emitting stacked body 403 includes a structure in which a first layer 411, a second layer 412, a third layer 413 and a fourth layer 414 are stacked in this order.
• This embodiment mode describes a case that the first electrode 401 serves as an anode, and the second electrode 402 serves as a cathode .
• the light-emitting element of this embodiment mode is operated as follows.
• voltage is applied such that a potential of the first electrode 401 is higher than that of the second electrode 402
• holes are injected into the first layer 411 from the first electrode 401, and electrons are injected into the first layer 411 from the second layer 412.
• holes are injected into the fourth layer 414 from the third layer 413 and electrons are injected into the fourth layer 414 from second electrode 402.
• the holes injected from the first electrode 401 and the electrons injected from the second layer 412 are recombined in the first layer 411, so that a light-emitting substance is excited.
• the light-emitting substance emits light when the excited light-emitting substance returns to a ground state from the excited state.
• holes injected from the third layer 413 and electrons injected from the second electrode 402 are recombined in the fourth layer 414, a light-emitting substance in the fourth layer 414 is excited to emit light.
• the first layer 411 has a first layer having a function of emitting light and the fourth layer 414 is a second layer having a function of emitting light.
• the first and second layers having functions of emitting light can have the same structure as that of the second layer 112 shown in Embodiment Mode 5.
• the structure of the first and second layers having functions of emitting light may be the same or different.
• emission colors in light-emitting layers of first and second layers having functions of emitting light may be the same or different. When the emission colors of the two layers are the same, about double luminance can be obtained with the same current density. In addition, by making the emission colors of the two layers different, emission of a mixed color of the two colors can be obtained. [0135]
• the second layer 412 is a layer including a material having a donor level for generating electrons.
• the same structure as the third layer 213 shown in Embodiment Mode 8 can be applied to the second layer 412.
• the third layer 413 is a layer including a composite material of the present invention described in Embodiment Mode 1.
• a light-emitting element in this embodiment mode it can be manufactured in accordance with the method described in Embodiment Mode 6.
• the first electrode 401, the second electrode 402, the first layer 411, the second layer 412, and the fourth layer 414 can be formed by a known method, and the third layer 413 can be formed by appropriately selecting one of methods described in Embodiment Modes 2 to 4.
• the third layer 413 can be formed by appropriately selecting one of methods described in Embodiment Modes 2 to 4.
• Embodiment Mode 10 describes a light-emitting device having a light-emitting element of the present invention.
• This embodiment mode describes a light-emitting device having a light-emitting element of the present invention in its pixel portion with reference to FIGS. 9A and 9B.
• FIG. 9A is a top view of the light-emitting device
• FIG. 9B is a cross-sectional view taken along A-A' and B-B' in FIG. 9A.
• Reference numeral 601 shown by a dotted line denotes a driver circuit portion (source side driver circuit); 602, a pixel portion; 603, a driver circuit portion (gate side driver circuit); 604, a sealing substrate; 605, a sealing material; and 607, a space surrounded by the sealing material 605.
• Reference numeral 608 denotes a wiring for transmitting signals to be input into the source side driver circuit portion 601 and the gate side driver circuit portion 603 and receiving signals such as a video signal, a clock signal, a start signal, and a reset signal from an FPC (flexible printed circuit) 609 serving as an external input terminal.
• FPC flexible printed circuit
• a print wiring board PWB
• the light-emitting device in this specification may include not only the light-emitting device itself but also the light-emitting device with the FPC and/or the PWB attached thereto.
• CMOS circuit In the source side driver circuit portion 601, a CMOS circuit is formed in which an n-channel TFT 623 and a p-channel TFT 624 are combined. Further, the driver circuit may be formed with a known CMOS circuit, PMOS circuit, or NMOS circuit using TFTs . Although this embodiment mode shows an example of forming the pixel portion and the driver circuit formed over the same substrate, the present invention is not limited to this, and the driver circuit can also be formed outside, not over the same substrate as the pixel portion. [0143]
• the pixel portion 602 is formed with a plurality of pixels including a switching TFT 611, a current controlling TFT 612, and a first electrode 613 connected electrically with a drain of the current controlling TFT 612.
• An insulator 614 is formed to cover the end portions of the first electrode 613.
• a positive photosensitive acrylic resin film is used.
• the insulator 614 is formed to have a curved surface with curvature at its upper or lower end portions.
• the upper end portion of the insulator 614 preferably has a curved surface with a radius of curvature (0.2 to 0.3 ⁇ m) .
• the insulator 614 may be formed with either a negative type, which becomes insoluble to the etchant by the irradiation of light, or a positive type, which becomes soluble to the etchant by the irradiation of light.
• a light-emitting stacked body 616 and a second electrode 617 are formed over the first electrode 613.
• the first electrode 613 serving as an anode in this embodiment mode is preferably formed with a material having a high work function.
• a single layer of an indium tin oxide (ITO) film, an indium tin oxide film containing silicon, an indium oxide film containing zinc oxide (ZnO) of 2 to 20 wt%, a titanium nitride film, a chromium film, a tungsten film, a Zn film, a Pt film, a stacked layer of a titanium nitride film and a film mainly containing aluminum, a three-layer stacked structure of a titanium nitride film, a film mainly containing aluminum and a titanium nitride film, and the like can be used. Note that, when a stacked structure is employed, resistance of a wiring is low and a favorable ohmic contact is obtained. [01
• the light-emitting stacked body 616 includes a composite material generating holes shown in Embodiment Mode 1.
• This composite material can be formed by any of the methods shown in Embodiment Modes 2 to 4. Since the methods are each a wet method, they can respond to the increase in a substrate size.
• all layers included in the light-emitting stacked body 616 can be formed by a wet method. Thus, it is suitable for mass production.
• the composite material shown in Embodiment Mode 1 has an excellent carrier injecting property and an excellent carrier transporting property. Thus, the driving voltage of a light-emitting element can be reduced.
• a material having a low work function is preferable (such as Al, Mg, Li,
• Ca an alloy or compound such as MgAg, MgIn, AlLi, CaF 2 or Ca 3 N 2 ) .
• a stacked layer of a thin metal film having a thin thickness, or a transparent conductive film is preferably used as the second electrode (cathode) 617.
• a light-emitting element 618 is provided in the space 607 surrounded by the element substrate 610, the sealing substrate 604, and the sealing material 605 by pasting the sealing substrate 604 and the element substrate 610 using the sealing material 605.
• the space 607 may be filled with an inert gas (such as nitrogen or argon ) , or may be filled with the sealing material 605.
• the light-emitting device of the present invention employs a composite material described in Embodiment Mode 1, the driving voltage can be reduced. Thus, power consumption can be reduced.
• the light-emitting element of this embodiment mode is formed using a composite material described in Embodiment Mode 1, the light-emitting device can be formed with good throughput even when the substrate size becomes larger. It is advantageous for mass production. It is possible that the throughput can be increased dramatically as compared with a case that all layers are formed by an evaporation method, since a composite material described in Embodiment Mode 1 is used even when the light-emitting stacked body is formed in combination with an evaporation method. It is advantageous for mass production achieved by increasing the substrate size.
• the composite material described in Embodiment Mode 1, which is included in the light-emitting element of the present invention exhibits high conductivity.
• the light-emitting stacked body 616 can be made thicker; thus, short-circuiting caused by dusts or the like can be prevented. Therefore, a light-emitting device having few defects can be provided.
• the sidewalls of the partition layer 954 are aslope such that the distance between both sidewalls is gradually narrowed toward the surface of the substrate. That is, a cross section in a short side of the partition layer 954 is a trapezoidal shape, and a lower side (the side is in contact with the insulating layer 953) is shorter than an upper side (the side is not in contact with the insulating layer 953) .
• the partition layer 954 in this manner, defects of the light-emitting element due to static charge and the like can be prevented.
• the passive matrix light-emitting device can be driven at lower power consumption.
• Embodiment mode 11 will describe some of various electronic devices of the present invention.
• Electronic devices of the present invention are, for example, cameras such as video cameras or digital cameras , goggle type displays , navigation systems , audio reproduction devices (such car audios or audio components ) , personal computers , game machines , mobile information terminals (such as mobile computers , cell phones , portable game machines, or electronic books), image reproduction devices utilizing a recording medium (such as devices which can reproduce a recording medium such as a digital versatile disk (DVD) and is equipped with a display device capable of displaying the image) and the like.
• Electronic devices of the present invention are not limited to the above mentioned electronic devices; however, concrete example of these electronic devices are shown in FIGS. 1OA to 1OE. [0157]
• FIG. 1OE shows a camera including a main body 9501, a display portion 9502 , a casing 9503 , an external connection port 9504, a remote control receiving portion 9505, an image receiving portion 9506, a battery 9507, an audio input portion 9508, operation keys 9509, an eyepiece portion 9510, and the like.
• the camera of the present invention is manufactured by using a light-emitting device having a light-emitting element of the present invention for the display portion 9502. By using the light-emitting device of the present invention, a camera with low power consumption and having a display portion with few defects can be provided. [0162]
• the reaction mixture was filtered through florisil, alumina and Celite. The obtained filtrate was washed with a saturated saline. This organic layer was dried with magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated.
• the obtained yellow solid was dissolved in about 100 mL of tetrahydrofuran (THF) , and then, about 50 mL of 3% hydrochloric acid was added to the solution and stirred at a room temperature overnight (for about 18 hours) .
• the reaction solution was extracted with ethyl acetate, and then, the obtained oily crude product was refined in column chromatography (the developing solvent: hexane and ethyl acetate) to obtain a yellow solid of 6.76 g with the yield of 86 %. It was confirmed with a nuclear magnetic resonance method (NMR) that the obtained yellow solid was 4- [N- ( 4-diphenylaminophenyl) -N-phenyl ] aminobenzaldehyde . [0175]
• FIG. 12 shows an NMR spectrum of this compound.
• FIG. 13 shows an NMR spectrum of this compound.
• FIG. 14 shows a 1 H-NMR spectrum of this compound.
• 1 H-NMR is as follows: 1 H-NMR (300MHz, CDCl 3 ) ⁇ ppm : 1.20-2.5 (br, 3H), 6.30-7.40 (br, 23H). [0185]
• the molecular weight of the obtained PStDPA was measured using Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) . It was known that the number average molecular weight was 18000, and the weight average molecular weight was 44000 in polystyrene conversion.
• N-phenylcarbazole 24.3 g (100 mmol) of N-phenylcarbazole was dissolved in 600 ml of glacial acetic acid, and 17.8 g (100 mmol) of JV-bromo succinic acid imide (NBS) was slowly added thereto.
• the obtained PStPCA was subjected to a molecular weight measurement using Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) . It can be understood that the number average molecular weight was 7 , 300 and the weight average molecular weight was 28000 in polystyrene conversion.
• GPC Gel Permeation Chromatography
• a method of forming a composite material of the present invention including PStDPA and vanadium oxide is described.
• the composite material of the present invention including PStDPA and vanadium oxide is formed by a sol gel method as a film over a glass substrate in this example.
• the substrate provided with the film was hydrolyzed by water vapor for 2 hours under conditions of 40 0 C at atmospheric pressure (1 atmospheric pressure) , and then, baked for 1.5 hour at 120 0 C under a reduced pressure using a rotary pump to form a composite material including PStDPA and vanadium oxide.
• the absorption spectrum of the composite material of the present invention including PStDPA and vanadium oxide is different from those of vanadium oxide and PStDPA, and it has an absorption peak, in particular around
• a composite material of the present invention is suitable for mass production and advantageous industrially since it can be formed by a wet method.
• a substrate over which a transparent electrode (ITSO) of 2 x 2 mm 2 was formed as a first electrode was used.
• a pretreatment for forming an organic layer over the electrode a surface of the substrate was washed with a porous resin brush, baked at 200 0 C for 1 hour and subjected to a UV ozone treatment for 370 seconds.
• the substrate was fixed on a holder provided in the vacuum evaporation apparatus such that the surface of the substrate provided with ITSO and the composite material faces down.
• lithium fluoride of 1 nm thick was formed as an electron injecting layer.
• aluminum of 200 nm thick was formed as a cathode to obtain a light-emitting element in this example.
• the composite material of the present invention to be in contact with the electrode serving as an anode of the light-emitting element, the light-emitting element can operate at low voltage and operated extremely efficiently.
• the absorption spectrum of a composite material of the present invention including PStPCA and vanadium oxide is different from that of PStPCA alone or that of vanadium oxide alone.
• it has an absorption peak around 900 nm, which is not shown in the absorption spectra of PStPCA nor vanadium oxide.
• a glass substrate provided with ITSO of 110 nm thick was prepared.
• the substrate was subjected to ultrasonic cleaning using acetone, pure water and ethanol sequentially, boiled with ethanol, and then, a UV ozone treatment was conducted for 370 seconds at last .
• Example 12 describes an absorption spectrum of a composite material of the present invention including PStPCA and tantalum oxide, which has been described in Example 11.
• FIG. 28 shows measurement results of ultraviolet, visible and near infrared absorption spectra obtained using an ultraviolet-visible-near infrared (UV/VIS/NIR) spectrophotometer, (U-4000 made by Hitachi, Ltd.,) regarding a thin film made of a composite material of the present invention including PStPCA and tantalum oxide.
• UV/VIS/NIR ultraviolet-visible-near infrared
• the absorption spectrum of a composite material of the present invention including PStDPA and niobium oxide has a unique absorption peak around 900 nm, similarly as in FIG. 27. It can be considered that this is an absorption peak which is caused by an interaction between PStDPA and niobium oxide, and PStDPA donates electrons to niobium oxide .
• a composite material of the present invention having such characteristics is a material having excellent conductivity, and excellent carrier injecting and transporting properties.
• the composite material of the present invention is suitable for mass production and advantageous industrially since it can be formed by a wet method.
• Example 17 describes a concrete example of a light-emitting element in which a layer including a composite material of the present invention including PStPCA and vanadium oxide which is shown in Example 6, is provided to be in contact with an electrode serving as an anode.
• FIG.31, FIG.32, and FIG.33 show voltage-current density characteristics, voltage-luminance characteristics, and luminance-current efficiency characteristics of this light-emitting element, respectively.
• This light-emitting element emits light at 1560 cd/m 2 ' by applying a voltage of 6V thereto to allow current flow with current density of 12.1 mA/cm 2 .
• the current efficiency at this time was 12.8cd/A.
• As to the luminance a maximum luminance greater than 100,000 cd/m2 was obtained.
• the evaporation apparatus shown in FIG. 35A is provided with a deposition shield for keeping a sublimation direction of the evaporation material in a film formation chamber, and the plurality of opening portions.
• the evaporation material is sublimated from the opening portions .
• the evaporation source which can move in a perpendicular direction to the movement direction (also, referred to as a transfer direction) of the substrate, is provided.
• the width Wb of the deposition shield is made wider than the width Wa of the substrate, thereby increasing the thickness uniformity of the evaporated film.
• a second deposition shield 709 is provided to be in parallel with the deposition shield 703a, and a second evaporation source 708 which moves in a perpendicular direction to the transfer direction of the substrate may be provided.
• a second organic compound is set in crucibles of a second evaporation source, and the substrate is moved so that it passes over the other of the second evaporation source, to deposit a light-emitting layer over a buffer layer.

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